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Vase with cover (vase B de 1780) (one of a pair)

Manufactory Sèvres Manufactory French
Decorator Attributed to Charles-Eloi Asselin
Decorator Gilded by Henri-François Vincent
1782
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 523
This decorative urn is painted with the Metamorphosis of Daphne on the front and with trophies of love on the reverse. Although made of porcelain, the decorative treatment of the lid, handles, foot and base is clearly inspired by the fashionable use of gilt bronze. The husk motifs and, especially, the bearded satyr masks of the scroll handles illustrate this quite well. They are gilded, partly burnished, and partly matted just like gilt-bronze mounts.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Vase with cover (vase B de 1780) (one of a pair)
  • Manufactory: Sèvres Manufactory (French, 1740–present)
  • Decorator: Attributed to Charles-Eloi Asselin (active 1765–1804)
  • Decorator: Gilded by Henri-François Vincent (active 1753–1806)
  • Date: 1782
  • Culture: French, Sèvres
  • Medium: Soft-paste porcelain
  • Dimensions: Height: 15 1/2 in. (39.4 cm)
  • Classification: Ceramics-Porcelain
  • Credit Line: Gift of Samuel H. Kress Foundation, 1958
  • Object Number: 58.75.111a, b
  • Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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